Desk-section for sectional bookcases.



F. W. TOBEY.

DESK SECTION FOR SHGTIONAL BOOKGASES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.B,1911.

Patented June 10, 1913.

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FRED W. TOBEY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DESK-SECTION FOR SECTIONAL BOOKGASES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnn W. Toner, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDesk-Sections for Sectional Bookcases; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in desk sections for sectionalbookcases and its object is to provide an improved section having a lid.or front arranged in a novel manner whereby the said section may bemounted and used on an ordinary t-welveinch section of a bookcase.

Heretofore desk sections have been made to combine with sectionalbookcases, but when the front is hinged at the bottom of the desksection as usual it is too low when opened out if mounted on atwelve-inch book section, which is the most appropriate size for use asthe lower section of sectional bookcases and if mounted on two sectionsof such a. bookcase the said sections are necessarily too high to bringthe desk lid a suitable dis' tance from the floor.

The main feature of my device is in a desk section provided with a lidor front so supported and pivoted that when opened out it is in a planesubstantially opposite the middle of the desk section, and thus is aboutthe right distance from the floor when the said section is mounted uponan ordinary twelveinch bookcase section with an ordinary base beneaththe same.

.iinotlier object is to provide the device with suitable means forpivotally supporting the said front and securely holding the same inopen position, also to provide the device with various new and usefulfeatures hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective of a device embodying my invention as itappears when in use; Fig. 2 a vertical sectional detail of the same withparts broken away, as it appears when closed; Fig. 3 a transversevertical section of the desk section only with the lid or cover openedout; and Fi 4 a detail Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 8, 1911.

Patented June 10, 1913.

Serial No. 648,279.

of a portion of the same with the lid partially closed.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents an ordinary base of a column of sectional bookcases. 2 anordinary lower section of a sectional bookcase which is usually one ofthe larger sizes or about a twelveinch section.

3 is an upper section of a sectional bookcase as ordinarily constructed,surmounted by the usual cap section.

4.- is a desk section embodying my invention. This section adapted to bemounted between two ordinary sections of a sectional bookcase and isprovided substantially at the middle with a horizontal partition orIloor 5 provided with a rabbeted edge to engage the rabbeted rear edgeof the lid or cover (3 adapted when closed to close the front of thebookcasesection and when opened to extend outward in the same horizontalplane with the partition 5. At each side of this lid or cover is asupporting rod 7 pivoted at its upper end to the upper front part of theend of the section and extending thence downward and outward is pivotedto the end of the lid 6 intermediate its front and rear edges. Coactingwith these supporting rods are pins 8 oppositely projecting from thecover 6 near its inner or lower corners which pins engage and traversegrooves 9 in the inner sides of the ends of the section. These groovesextend from the bottom of the ends parallel with and close to the frontedge thereof to opposite the edge of the partition 5 and thence curveinward and rearward as at 9. The inclined position of the supportingrods 7 thus forces the pins backward and securely engage the same withthe inwardly inclined portions of the slots and prevent the rear edge ofthe lid from becoming disengaged from the partition or descending untilthe lid is manually pulled forward. The pins will then run down thegrooves 9 freely and the lid be readily turned to closed position. Iprefer also to incline the front edges of the ends of the desk sectionmaking them broader near the bottom and extending the bottom stripoutward to correspond whereby the lid falls inward at the top andremains securely closed by g 'avity. This desk section is also providedwith a front bottom strip 10 having a groove corresponding to the groovein each book section in which a bookcase sec-.

tion door may swing in the usual manner. It also has a rear bottom strip11 corresponding to the bottom strip on a book section and a top strip12 corresponding to the top strip of the same whereby this desk sectionmay be interposed between any two ordinary book sections and willinterlock therewith in the usual manner of such sections with eachother. Along the upper front corner of the desk section is extended aconvex strip 13 to fit the concavity in the front bottom strip of a booksection against which strip 13 the rabbeted front edge of the lid 6closes and forms a suitable joint.

WVhat I claim is 1. A desk section for sectional book cases, comprisinga desk section adapted to be used in connection with book case sectionsand provided with opposite grooves, one groove in each end, a horizontalpartition in the section near the middle thereof, the upper ends of saidgrooves terminating adjacent the outer edge of said partition, a frontor lid having pins near the lower inner corners which traverse saidgrooves, and supporting rods for the front or lid connected at theirends on fixed pivots to the lid and to the front part of the ends of thedesk section above said partition whereby said lid may be slippedupwardly at its bottom and swung outwardly and down-- wardly at its topto the Plane of said partition and supported in such position.

2. A desk section for book cases comprising a desk section, a horizontalpartition near the middle of the section, a front or lid for the sectionadapted to swing to the same horizontal position as the partition withits inner edge overlapping the outer edge of the partition.

3. A desk section for book cases comprising a desk section adapted to beused in connection with book case sections and having forwardlyprojecting ends at its front, the forwardly projecting ends havinggrooves near the outer edges thereof, which grooves extend inwardly attheir upper ends, a horizontal partition in the case near the middlethereof, with its front edge terminating short of the outer edges ofsaid projecting end portions of the case and rabbeted on its front underedge, the upper ends of said grooves terminating adjacent the front edgeof said partition, a front or lid having pins in its ends adjacent itslower corners which traverse said grooves, the lower edge of the coveror lid being rabbeted on its lower edge, and bars pivoted to the lid orcover and to said section above said partition whereby the pins of thelid or cover may slide upwardly in said grooves and inwardly into theinwardly directed portion of said grooves and the lid or cover swungoutwardly to a horizontal position midway of the top and bottom of thesection and supported in such position with the afore said rabbetededges of the lid or cover and partition in overlapping relation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED W. TOBEY.

l/Vitnesses PALMER A. J ONES, MAE RANKIN.

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